On this day….<\/p>\n
539 — Army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon — that was B.C.<\/i><\/p>\n
1492<\/b> — Columbus, mixed up about where he was, shows up in the Bahamas<\/p>\n
1609 — Children’s rhyme Three Blind Mice<\/i> published in London<\/p>\n
1692<\/b> — Massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials<\/p>\n
1792<\/b> — Columbus Day is first celebrated<\/p>\n
1892<\/b> — Pledge of Allegiance first recited in public schools<\/p>\n
1915 — Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citizens who identify themselves with dual nationalities<\/p>\n
1973 — Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President<\/p>\n
1987 — Oscar Arias (President, Costa Rica) wins Nobel Peace Prize<\/p>\n
1992<\/b> — Microwave Observing Project begins (seeking alien life) <\/p>\n
1999 — Born: the proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world<\/p>\n
2000 — USS Cole bombed <\/p>\n
2002 — Nearly 200 tourists murdered by Islamist terrorist bombs in Bali<\/p>\n
2006 — Law passed in France makes denying the Armenian Genocide a crime<\/p>\n
2007 — Former US VP Al Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize<\/p>\n
Oh, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran might have special plans for today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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